Seal of Nikephoros Botaneiates protoproedros and doux of Peloponnese and Hellas
source date: 1068–1074. 1068–1074.
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ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος

+Κύριε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ πρoτωπροέδρῳ καὶ δουκὶ Πελοπονίσου καὶ Ἑλάδος τῷ Βοτανειάτι

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ὁ ἅγιος Δημήτριος. / Κύριε βοήθει Νικηφόρῳ πρoτωπροέδρῳ καὶ δουκὶ Πελοπονίσου καὶ Ἑλάδος τῷ Βοτανειάτι.

St Demetrios. Lord, help Nikephoros Botaneiates protoproedros and doux of Peloponnese and Hellas.

Hl. Demetrios. Herr, hilf Nikephoros Botaneiates protoproedros und dux von Peloponnes und Hellas.

The seal’s issuer is Nikephoros III Botaneiates, emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1078 to 1081, at an earlier stage of his career.[1]

[1]. [...], Nikephoros 3.

[...], p. 157-159, no. 22.

(1) specimen published by Begleres (acquired in Smyrna; current location unknown) – [...], p. 5 (with picture); [...], p. 610, no. 3; (2) Orghidan Collection – [...], no. 235; (3) Hirsch, Auction 175 (23–26 September 1992), lot 1567 (= [...], p. 122, no. 1567); (4) Dr. Busso Peus, Auction 376 (29–30 October 2003), lot 1378 (= [...], p. 186, no. 1378); Münz Zentrum, Auction 94 (13–15 May 1998), lot 942 (= [...], p. 238, no. 942).

[...], p. 117; [...], p. 107, images nos. 5.1-4; [...], p. 199, no. 235.